Normative study of age variation in salivary progesterone profiles

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 233-244

  Lipson, S F ^a   Ellison, P T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; SALIVA LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HORMONES; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MASSACHUSETTS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0026511237     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000019751     Document Type: Article

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